Jovian
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Jovian is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Jovian mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jovian a girl's or a boy's name?
Jovian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jovian in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Jovian, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Jovian of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Jovian in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Jovian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,049th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Jovian, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Jovian in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jovian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
Names like Jovian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Julian, Lucian, Adrian, Fabian, Florian, Julius, Lucio, Oliver, Romeo, Justin, Mario, Maximilian
Names related to Jovian
Jovan, Jovani, Jovanni, Joven, Jovin, Jivan, Jovanny, Javian, Jovany, Jayvian, Jiovani
More Latin names
Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jovian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jovian, updated 20 October 2026.